scholarly journals Sodium Intake, Dietary Knowledge, and Illness Perceptions of Controlled and Uncontrolled Rural Hypertensive Patients

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aziz Kamran ◽  
Leila Azadbakht ◽  
Gholamreza Sharifirad ◽  
Behzad Mahaki ◽  
Afshan Sharghi
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Illness Perceptions ◽  
Sodium Intake ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Dietary Sodium ◽  
Nutritional Knowledge ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Hypertensive Patients

Introduction and Objectives. Nutritional knowledge of the patients is important in dietary adherence. This study aimed to determine the relationship between illness perceptions and nutritional knowledge with the amounts of sodium intake among rural hypertensive patients.Methods. In a cross-sectional study, 671 hypertensive patients were selected in a multistage random sampling from the rural areas of Ardabil city, Iran, in 2013. Data were collected using a questionnaire consisting of four sections and were analyzed using Pearson correlation and multiple linear regressions by SPSS-18.Results.The mean of sodium intake in the uncontrolled hypertensive patients was3599±258 mg/day and significantly greater than controlled group (2654±540 mg/day) (P<0.001). Knowledge and illness perceptions could predict 47.2% of the variation in sodium intake of uncontrolled group. A significant negative relationship was found between knowledge and illness perceptions of uncontrolled hypertensive patients with dietary sodium intake (r=-0.66,P<0.001andr=-0.65,P<0.001, resp.).Conclusion.Considering the fact that patients’ nutritional knowledge and illness perceptions could highly predict their sodium intake, the importance of paying more attention to improve patients’ information and perceptions about hypertension is undeniable, especially among the uncontrolled hypertensive patients.

scholarly journals The Comparison of Dietary Behaviors among Rural Controlled and Uncontrolled Hypertensive Patients

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aziz Kamran ◽  
Ali Akbar Shekarchi ◽  
Elham Sharifian ◽  
Heshmatolah Heydari
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Vitamin C ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Saturated Fat ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Nutritional Knowledge ◽  
Food Record ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Hypertensive Patients ◽  
Significant Difference

Nutrition is a dominant peripheral factor in increasing blood pressure; however, little information is available about the nutritional status of hypertensive patients in Iran. This study aimed to compare nutritional behaviors of the rural controlled and uncontrolled hypertensive patients and to determine the predictive power of nutritional behaviors from blood pressure. This cross-sectional study was conducted on 671 rural hypertensive patients, using multistage random sampling method in Ardabil city in 2013. Data were collected by a 3-day food record questionnaire. Nutritional data were extracted by Nutritionist 4 software and analyzed by the SPSS 18 software using Pearson correlation, multiple linear regression, ANOVA, and independentt-test. A significant difference was observed in the means of fat intake, cholesterol, saturated fat, sodium, energy, calcium, vitamin C, fiber, and nutritional knowledge between controlled and uncontrolled groups. In the controlled group, sodium, saturated fats, vitamin C, calcium, and energy intake explained 30.6% of the variations in blood pressure and, in the uncontrolled group, sodium, carbohydrate, fiber intake, and nutritional knowledge explained 83% of the variations in blood pressure. There was a significant difference in the nutritional behavior between the two groups and changes in blood pressure could be explained significantly by nutritional behaviors.

Religious Minority Rights and their Satisfaction in Pakistan

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Muhammad Akram ◽  
Asim Nasar ◽  
Abid Rehman
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Religious Minority ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Citizenship Rights ◽  
Religious Minorities ◽  
Muslim Majority

Abstract The study investigates the satisfaction of religious minorities in Pakistan subject to government policies and attitudes of the Muslim majority. A cross-sectional study design was used to collect data from 120 respondents living in rural areas in Pakistan. Descriptive statistics and the Pearson correlation coefficient were used to measure the relatedness of essential factors of freedom of expression, opportunity in government services, security of unprotected assembly, prejudice in relationship with Muslims and welcomeness in Muslim neighbourhoods. Yeh’s Index of Satisfaction was used to measure the satisfaction level of religious minorities with government policies and attitudes of the Muslim majority. The study findings revealed that religious minorities are least satisfied with their citizenship rights in Pakistan, which poses various questions to government policies and legislation. Further, they were also least satisfied with the attitudes of the Muslim majority with whom they must interact in their everyday life.

scholarly journals A comparative study on the adherence to anti-hypertensive medications in urban and rural areas of Hubballi

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 1701 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pratibha Rao Katapadi ◽  
Dattatreya D. Bant
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Rural Population ◽  
Antihypertensive Drugs ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Uncontrolled Hypertension ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Antihypertensive Medications ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Hypertensive Patients

Background: Hypertension is a significant public health issue worldwide and can have deleterious effects on the health when it is not under control. Adherence to antihypertensive medications is thus necessary for better control of blood pressure and to reduce the risk of complications. There are various factors which support or hinder the patient’s adherence to anti- hypertensive treatment. Thus this study was done to reflect the factors influencing the adherence to antihypertensive drugs among urban and rural population.Methods: A community based cross sectional study was conducted in urban and rural field practice areas of Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubballi. A semi-structured questionnaire was used for data collection among the known hypertensive patients. The data was entered in Microsoft Excel and analysed using SPSS software.Results: Most of the hypertensive patients were aged 45 and above (89.5%). A total of 73.5% of the participants were adherent to antihypertensive medications and adherence was more among urban (76%) as compared to rural population (71%). Knowledge regarding complications of uncontrolled hypertension was the major factor for adherence in both the areas. The mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure was controlled in patients who were adherent.Conclusions: There is a higher level of adherence to antihypertensive medications in urban population as compared to rural population of Hubballi. The findings suggest patient factors, clinical factors and socio-demographic factors play an important role in determining the adherence to the medication.

scholarly journals Nutritional Counseling for Hypertensive Patients: Have Final-Year Nursing Students Learnt Enough to Be Able to Offer Advice to Such Patients?

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Christiana Nsiah-Asamoah ◽  
Jacob Setorglo ◽  
John Bosco Mie
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Nutrition Education ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Food Sources ◽  
Nutritional Knowledge ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Hypertensive Patients ◽  
Excessive Intake ◽  
Hypertension Knowledge ◽  
Registered Dieticians

Background. Although nutrition education for the prevention and management of hypertension is the responsibility of registered dieticians and nutritionist, nurses also play this role particularly because there are few registered dieticians. This study was conducted to assess final-year nursing students’ level of knowledge regarding the nutritional prevention and management of hypertension. Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted to assess their knowledge regarding the dietary management of hypertension. A total of 220 students completed a 21-item nutritional prevention and management of hypertension knowledge test. Results. Students’ knowledge about potential modifiable risk factors of hypertension such as excessive salt and alcohol intake was good. Less than half (44.5%) indicated that they will recommend an increased intake of potassium food sources to hypertensive patients. However, 70.5% incorrectly indicated that they will advise hypertensive patients to always read nutritional information on food items in order to avoid excessive intake of potassium in their diet. Conclusion. The results of this study indicate that there are some deficits in nursing students’ nutritional knowledge for managing hypertension. The findings suggest an urgent need to revise the nursing training curriculum in order to include practical information that can be applied by nursing students, after graduation.

scholarly journals Mothers/Caregivers Age and Family Structure Predicted Knowledge on Recommended Nutrition Practices for Children under 5 Years

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. p394
Author(s):  
Jacob Setorglo ◽  
Moses K. Klevor ◽  
Philip Narteh Gorleku ◽  
Mirabel Asomboya ◽  
Kingsley Kwadwo AsarePereko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Family Structure ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Child Nutrition ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Nutritional Knowledge ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Children Under 5

Introduction: There are recommendations regarding infant and young child feeding and when followed children’s growth are optimum. These feeding practices are age definitive, starting from exclusive breastfeeding, to the transition of the child to complementary foods. Objective: The objective of this study was to assess factors that determine nutritional knowledge among mothers/caretaker regarding children under five years. Methods: A cross sectional study design employing quantitative methods was chosen for this study. The study population comprised 285 caregivers and their children aged of 6 and 59 months. Respondents were chosen randomly from four hard-to-reach communities and two peri-urban communities within three sub-municipalities, who lived in and accessed child welfare services during the study period. Face-to-face interviews were used to collect background and nutritional knowledge data from the respondents. Maternal/caretaker knowledge on recommended nutritional practice was split into two with scores were greater than 7 out of the 13 knowledge items was considered as good. STATA version 14 was used to analyze data and statistical significance determine at 95% confidence interval.Results: The average age of the children under 5 years and their mothers/caretakers were 32 months and 29 years respectively. About 73% had nuclear family structure. Results of Chi square and Fisher’s exact tests for association indicated that, mother’s/caretaker’s age (p<0.001), family structure (p=0.010) and access to media information (p<0.001) were significantly associated with mother’s good nutritional knowledge on recommended practices. Mothers/caretakers age (OR=0.17; 95%CI: (0.70-0.43); family structure (OR=0.30; 95% CI (0.11-0.78) and access to media (AOR=5.12; 95% (2.46-10.69) predicted mothers nutritional knowledge. Conclusions: Maternal/caretaker factors predicted nutritional knowledge when feeding a child in both peri-urban and rural areas. These factors should be considered when promoting child nutrition.

scholarly journals Is socioeconomic status associated with dietary sodium intake in Australian children? A cross-sectional study

BMJ Open ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. e002106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carley A Grimes ◽  
Karen J Campbell ◽  
Lynn J Riddell ◽  
Caryl A Nowson
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Sodium Intake ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Dietary Sodium ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional

scholarly journals Evaluation of exposure to effervescent drugs in a large health check-up population in France: a cross-sectional study

BMJ Open ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. e022368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Germain Perrin ◽  
Sarah Berdot ◽  
Frédérique Thomas ◽  
Bruno Pannier ◽  
Nicolas Danchin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sodium Intake ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sodium Content ◽  
Health Check ◽  
Dietary Sodium ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Self Medication ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
High Sodium ◽  
Factors Associated

ObjectivesThe relationship between high dietary sodium intake and hypertension is well established. Some drugs are associated with high-sodium content, particularly effervescent tablets (ETs). Despite a possible cardiovascular risk associated with the use of such drugs, observational data describing exposure to ETs in ambulatory subjects are lacking.This study aims to estimate the prevalence of exposure to ETs and to highlight factors associated with this exposure in a large French health check-up population.DesignThis was a cross-sectional study.Setting and participantsParticipants were French individuals who underwent medical check-ups at the Investigations Préventives et Cliniques centre between April and June 2017.ResultsIn total, 1043 subjects were included in the study. The prevalence of exposure to ETs in the last 30 days was 26.9% (95% CI 24.2% to 29.6%). Exposure was frequent (ie, two ETs per week or more in the last 30 days) for 7.3% of subjects. Self-medication was the major source of exposure (93.8%). Paracetamol, aspirin, vitamins and betaine accounted for 95.3% of the ETs used. The factors associated with this exposure by multivariate analysis were: male gender, Overseas French origin, depression and body mass index ≥25 kg/m2. A diagnosis of hypertension or treatment with diuretics were not protective factors against exposure to ETs.ConclusionExposure to ETs is frequent in the general population, particularly through self-medication. Clinical conditions associated with low-salt requirements were not associated with lower exposure to ETs, suggesting a lack of awareness by practitioners and patients about this iatrogenic issue.

The relationship between habitual dietary sodium intake and RAAS blockade on circulating microparticle levels in type two diabetes

2018 ◽  
Vol 132 (20) ◽  
pp. 2207-2220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Baqar ◽  
Dorothy Liu ◽  
Lisa F. Lincz ◽  
Yee Wen Kong ◽  
George Jerums ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Endothelial Dysfunction ◽  
Sodium Intake ◽  
Annexin V ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Dietary Sodium ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Raas Blockade ◽  
Low Sodium ◽  
Circulating Microparticles ◽  
Type Two Diabetes

Objective: Low sodium intake is paradoxically associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D), possibly from renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system (RAAS) activation, leading to endothelial dysfunction. In the present study, we investigated the associations between habitual sodium intake and RAAS blockade on endothelial function by measuring circulating microparticles (MPs) in individuals with T2D. Methods: We conducted a prospective, cross-sectional study in 74 individuals with T2D. Habitual dietary sodium intake was estimated by using the mean of three corrected 24-h urine sodium excretion measurements (24hUNa). MP subtypes in platelet-free plasma were quantitated using flow cytometry. Results: No associations between 24hUNa with levels of endothelial MPs were observed. Instead, a trend toward higher diabetes related CD36+/CD235a+ MP levels was associated with lower 24hUNa (rho = −0.23, P=0.05). When stratified according to tertiles of 24hUNa, platelet-derived CD42b+/CD41+ and CD42+/CD41+/Annexin V+ MPs were higher in the lowest tertile (24hUNa < 157 mmol/24 h) (P=0.02 respectively). Despite RAAS blockade being associated with lower levels of most MP subsets, it was not associated with lower MPs, in the setting of low sodium intake. Conclusion: Lower sodium intake is associated with higher circulating procoagulant MPs, but not with evidence of endothelial dysfunction in individuals with T2D.

scholarly journals Compliance to antihypertensive medication: a cross-sectional study in Aligarh

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (10) ◽  
pp. 3698 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariyam Khwaja ◽  
M. Athar Ansari ◽  
Saira Mehnaz
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Hypertensive Heart Disease ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Hypertensive Patients

Background: Hypertension is a global public health issue. Hypertensive heart disease is one of the top ten leading causes of death in the world. It was responsible for an estimated 1.1 million deaths worldwide in 2012. To prevent some of the complications of hypertension regular intake of the prescribed treatment in the form of medicines (pills) is essential. Poor compliance to anti-hypertensive therapy is usually associated with bad outcome of the disease and wastage of limited health care resources. With these viewpoints the study aimed to assess the level of compliance of hypertensive patients to their anti-hypertensive medications and to determine the socio-demographic correlates of compliance. Methods: This was community based cross sectional study conducted in urban and rural areas in Aligarh. A total of 350 hypertensive patients were selected using simple random sampling. A pretested semi-structured questionnaire was used. Compliance was measured by Morisky 8-item Medication Adherence scale. Analysis was done using proportions and Chi-square test. Results: The overall compliance of study population was 23.7%. It was found to be significantly associated with gender, education, social class and associated co morbidities. Education, higher social class and duration of hypertension were found to be the main facilitators to adherence. The barriers to adherence were cost of drug and more number of pills per day. Conclusions: Patient education, family counselling and social support networks should be strengthened in health promotion programs in order to enhance compliance of hypertensive patients with the therapeutic regimen and to improve their quality of life. 

scholarly journals Dietary Sources and Sodium/Salt Intake in Youngsters of Costa Rica

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. 1465-1465
Author(s):  
Hilda Núñez-Rivas ◽  
Ileana Holst-Schumacher ◽  
Natalia Campos-Saborío
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Sodium Salt ◽  
Salt Intake ◽  
Sodium Intake ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Costa Rican ◽  
Dietary Sodium ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Puff Pastry ◽  
Daily Sodium Intake

Abstract Objectives To describe major dietary sources of sodium/salt and estimate its intake among children and adolescents of Costa Rica. Methods Cross-sectional study of a nationally representative sample of 2677 youngsters aged 7 to 18 years who completed an intake food frequency. Wald F and t tests were used to examine differences between groups. Results Average daily sodium intake was highest among adolescents aged 12 to 18 years (3965 ± 920 mg). The lowest average daily sodium intake was particularly among girls under 12 years of age (2999 ± 94 mg). Twelve food categories contributed to more than half (58%) of Costa Rican youngsters sodium/salt which include: pizza, snacks, hamburger, hot dog, sausage, soups, puff pastry snacks, cheese, fried chicken, sauces/dressings, salted seeds and popcorn. Conclusions Costa Rican youngsters consume almost more than twice of recommended dietary sodium/salt, increasing their risk of high blood pressure and cardiovascular diseases. Funding Sources None.

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